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Residents fight back with veggies 紐西蘭小鎮種菜抵制麥當勞
Tuesday, Mar 11, 2008,Page 13
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Not a golden arch in sight. Glenn Adams takes a leap of 47m from The Ledge bungee platform above the city of Queenstown, New Zealand's adventure capital, in this undated photo.
映入眼簾的不是一道黃金拱門。在這張未註明日期的照片中，葛蘭:亞當斯在紐西蘭有冒險之都之稱的皇后鎮，從四十七公尺高的The Ledge高空彈跳台上一躍而下。 照片︰美聯社
PHOTO: AP
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Residents of the small New Zealand town of Motueka are not happy. They have planted vegetables and flowers on a building site. They want to stop a McDonald's from being built there.
Tara Forde, spokeswoman for a group called Uniquely Motueka said the garden was designed "to represent the diversity in the community that McDonald's never will."
The group says the restaurant will add unwanted health, trash and traffic problems to the town.
About 1,000 people have signed a petition urging the Tasman District Council to withdraw permission it has given for the restaurant to be built. The population of Motueka is 7,125.
Forde said that it was about showing McDonald's they are not welcome in a lot of small towns around New Zealand. Many people are becoming more aware of the effect of a McDonald's in their town.
Motueka, near Nelson, in the South Island, is the gateway to the Abel Tasman National Park. Motueka's information office says their town has a laid-back lifestyle and what McDonald's opponents call "amazing cafes." (STAFF WRITER WITH DPA)
紐西蘭莫圖埃卡小鎮的居民不高興了，他們在鎮上一處建地上種植了蔬菜和花卉，以阻止麥當勞在該地進駐。
「獨一無二的莫圖埃卡」組織的女性發言人泰拉．芙德說，這個花園的目的是要「呈現本社區的多元性，這是麥當勞無法帶來的」。
該組織表示，麥當勞只會帶給這個小鎮不必要的健康、垃圾和交通問題。
已有近千名民眾連署請願，呼籲塔斯曼區議會撤回已核發給該餐廳的營建許可；莫圖埃卡的人口約有七千一百二十五人。
芙德說，這是為了讓麥當勞知道，紐西蘭許多小鎮都不歡迎它，很多人逐漸意識到麥當勞會為他們的市鎮帶來什麼樣的影響。
位於南島鄰近尼爾遜市的莫圖埃卡，是亞伯塔斯曼國家公園的門戶。該鎮服務處表示，莫圖埃卡擁有悠閒自在的生活方式，和反對麥當勞進駐者所稱的「令人驚歎的咖啡館」。（德通社／翻譯：袁星塵）
| Today 's Words 今日單字 |
| 1. uniquely adv.
獨一無二地 (du2 yi1 wu2 er4 de5)
例: This picture is uniquely laid out.
(這張圖片的設計很獨特。)
2. diversity n.
多元性 (duo1 yuan2 xing4)
例: We welcome a diversity of ideas.
(我們很歡迎多元意見。)
3. community n.
社區 (she4 qu1)
例: How many people live in your community?
(你們家社區住了多少人？)
4. withdraw v.t./v.i.
撤回 (che4 hui2) ，提取 (ti2 qu3)
例: I went to the ATM to withdraw some money.
(我到提款機領了一些錢。) |
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